Mr. Bezos was talking about the Kindle 3 on the Charlie Rose show and mentioned that having a touch layer disrupts readability because it adds glare and reflects objects. However, there is an easy solution for adding touch without disrupting readability that Amazon should consider for Kindle 4. IR sensors can be used to give Kindle 4 [...]
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Tired of writing about the Kindle 3. Went through a list of interesting articles from July. There’s an overwhelming sense of destruction. If you step away from 70% royalties and readers reading in large fonts and the good Kindle and Nook are doing there’s a train wreck - players in the current publishing world are becoming casualties. Bookstores are closing down. Libraries are struggling. Perhaps the most [...]
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We look at the Kindle 3 and all we see is an eReader. However, you have to wonder what Amazon sees when it looks at the Kindle 3. Paul Story has an excellent comment about whether or not Amazon cares about the future of the Kindle – I think that Amazon cares a lot about the Kindle. [...]
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Now that the Kindle 3 is out and making waves there are people wondering what B&N and Sony have planned. Well, both companies are understandably circumspect about what they’re doing. Let’s look at Sony and B&N’s Kindle 3 reactions and then dig into what they might really have planned. First, a quick refresher on Kindle [...]
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Not quite ready to review/compare the Kindle 3 and the iPad so writing a post with Kindle 3, iPad thoughts for Eorse. Extent of iPad experience: Owned it since launch (US launch). Read lots of books on it. Stopped using it because it was affecting my sleeping patterns (which are already a little messed up). Extent [...]
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